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BEST Sports Photos of the Week!

October 07, 2013 11:14 IST


Photographs: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters Rediff Sports Desk

From Rafael Nadal’s reclaim to World No 1 spot to Serena Williams winning her 10th title of the year. From Tiger Woods heroics in the Presidents Cup to Muay Thai action, Rediff.com has got it all snapped right here.

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Joanna Jedrzejcz of Poland (right) kicks Sandra Mandret of Luxembourg during their fight in World Muay Thai Angels 2013 in Bangkok. This will be the first World Muay Thai Angels championship, which will include 16 female boxers from 15 countries. 

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Photographs: Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters

Sandra Mandret of Luxembourg (left) fights with Joanna Jedrzejcz of Poland during their fight in World Muay Thai Angels 2013 in Bangkok.

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Photographs: Chris Keane/Reuters

Old habits die hard!

Tiger Woods, despite battling back pain, clinched the decisive point for the United States at a Presidents Cup for the third straight time on Sunday.

Professional skier Lindsey Vonn (left) and her boyfriend Woods, greet Sybi Kuchar and Matt Kuchar (right).

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Photographs: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters

Rafael Nadal replaced Novak Djokovic as the men's new World No 1.

But it was Djokovic who won his fourth China Open title in five years, prevailing 6-3, 6-4 in the final against Nadal.

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Photographs: Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

World No 1 Serena Williams bagged her 10th title of the year with a 6-2, 6-2 thrashing of Jelena Jankovic in the final of the China Open on Sunday.

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Photographs: Rafael Marchante/Reuters

Estoril's Pedro Galvao (centre) reacts after committing a foul on Benfica's Maxi Pereira during their Portuguese Premier League soccer match at the Coimbra da Mota stadium in Estoril.

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Photographs: Eddie Keogh/Reuters

Napoli's Gokhan Inler (right) challenges Arsenal's Jack Wilshere during their Champions League soccer match at the Emirates stadium in London.

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Photographs: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre), Russian ice-skaters Lina Fyodorova (Lleft), 16, of Moscow and Maksim Miroshkin, 19, of Ekaterinburg light an Olympic torch during a ceremony to mark the start of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic torch relay in Moscow.

The flame that will burn at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games arrived in Moscow on Sunday, starting an epic torch relay around the huge country and bringing Vladimir Putin's campaign to stage Russia's first post-Soviet Olympics a step closer to completion.

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Photographs: Toussaint Kluiters/United Photos/Reuters

PAOK Salonika's Stefanos Athanasiadis (left) challenges AZ Alkmaar's Jeffrey Gouweleeuw during their Europa League soccer match in Alkmaar.

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Photographs: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images

Sania Mirza has received a lift in her already booming career.

As the Indian tennis ace closed her 2013 season with a bang by winning the prestigious WTA China Open, Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza vowed that she is a better player compared to what she was last year.

Cara Black of Zimbabwe, holding her son Lachlan, and Sania Mirza pose with the China Open trophy.